I am a Flower. Yellow and Orange. Pink and Blue.

You have told me that I am weird,
that I have odd habits and quirks,
that I am different,
that I am an “acquired taste.”
You have told me that people don’t “warm-up” to me as fast as they do you
because I am too strange,
because some things that I do are too OCD,
because my life is too school-oriented.
What about you?
Your life is surrounded by band.
It’s a cult, you know. A cult, I tell you.
You’re lucky if you can get some sleep, if you’re in band, of course.
The facts are,

I spend just as much time as you do on homework, if not more.


I work just are hard as you do to get “A’s,” if not harder.



I put in just as much effort as you do in life, if not a little bit more.
The facts are,

My life is just as hectic as yours.


My life is just as stressful as yours.



My life has just as much down time as yours.
The facts are,

I talk, just like you do.


I socialize, just like you do.



I have friends, just like you do.
The facts are,

I breathe the air around me, just as you do.


I eat the food in front of me, just as you do.



I sleep in the bed in my room, just as you do.
Then why,

Do people warm up to you “easier” than they do me?


Do my odd habits and quirks matter?



Do my obsessive actions turn people away?
Because,

Life is like a tree,


There are leaves, and flowers, and fruits, and nuts.



Each one is a little different, but from the same home.
I am a flower.

Yellow and Orange, Pink and Blue


No others flowers are Yellow and Orange, Pink and Blue,



Just me.
Overall,

I am the same as you.


I am different than you.



We are two who come from the same place.
So, why then,

Do people come to you more often?


If we are the same?



If we come from the same place?
Because, I say,

They are leaves,


I am a flower, Yellow and Orange, Pink and Blue,



And I love every minute of it.